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Shopping Center

December 20th, 2010 admin No comments

I have a shopping center plan drawn in 1"=30' how do I enlarge the scale to add my design?

I only need to design certain sections/islands of the shopping center, I'm not sure how to convert to a larger scale.

get the CAD files and change the scale, then work on the areas you need to.

'enlarging' on a copier throws the scale way off.. it may be close here and there, but on the construction side, it is very unreliable.

1"=30' is fairly uncommon for scale (at least what I work on). Also, the original plans should be dimensioned, and that is what you should use, not scaling from it.. use the architects dimensions.

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